Local News

The N.O.T.T.T. Foundation (Nothing Other Than the Truth), a nonprofit organization founded by Raymond Bates of Boiling Spring Lakes in 2007, is planning a Stop the Violence rally Saturday, July 30, in Shallotte.

“We are trying to better the community by getting crime off the streets,” Bates said.

He feels there are very few resources in the community to entertain youth and feels strongly about creating a healthy environment for the youth of Brunswick County.

The Ocean Isle Beach Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests last week. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

•April Kristina Faircloth, 27, of 170 Michael Lucas Lane, Dunn, was arrested for assault on a government official, resisting public officer; subject assaulted a government official at a restaurant on Causeway Drive.

SUNSET BEACH—Town council will consider a proposal to use reserve police officers for beach patrol at its upcoming monthly meeting next Monday night, Aug. 1.

A 6:45 p.m. work session will precede the regular called meeting at 7 p.m. at town hall.

At their monthly workshop July 19, council members mulled a proposal to start using reserve officers to serve in a beach patrol capacity, in lieu of current code enforcement officers currently on duty.

CALABASH—A crowd that converged for Town Hall Day last week got a chance to meet new town administrator Chuck Nance, who officially starts his new duties next Monday, Aug. 1.

Nance, transferring to Calabash from his work as a senior planner for the past 10-and-a-half years with Isothermal Planning & Development Commission of western North Carolina, told citizens he is looking forward to his new job and move to the Seafood Capital.

RALEIGH— Mike McIntyre and Ilario Pantano, foes in the 2010 race for the 7th Congressional District, agree on at least one thing—they do not like the proposed maps for the 7th District.

In fact, since the proposed maps were released last Tuesday, July 19, most people have fired off against the maps. Carla Farmer, legislative assistant for state Rep. Frank Iler, R-Brunswick, said the office phones have been ringing off the hook.